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John B. Whitehead

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Academic engineer (1872-1954)

United StatesLived 1872 to 1954 · aged 82
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John Boswell Whitehead was an American electrical engineer and a professor at Johns Hopkins University as well as the dean of the School of Engineering. Whitehead was president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers from 1933 to 1934.

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1941Edison Medal
1932Elliott Cresson Medal
1925Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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John Boswell Whitehead was an American electrical engineer and a professor at Johns Hopkins University as well as the dean of the School of Engineering. Whitehead was president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers from 1933 to 1934. In 1941, Whitehead received the IEEE Edison Medal for "contributions to the field of electrical engineering, his pioneering and development in the field of dielectric research, and his achievements in the advancement of engineering education".

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Lived 1872 to 1954 · aged 82
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